Amblyomma hebraeum is a vector of Rickettsia africae and not R. conorii

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 182-

  Kelly, P J ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; BOTSWANA; BOVIDS; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; RASH; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; INFESTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM; BOVIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ARACHNID VECTORS; BOTSWANA; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; RUMINANTS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0035747087     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (5)

1. Prevalence of rickettsia-like organisms in ticks collected around Zimbabwe
2. Experimental infection of dogs with a Zimbabwean strain of Rickettsia conorii
3. Rickettsia africae sp. nov., the etiological agent of African tick-bite fever
4. Transient infections of goats with a novel spotted fever group rickettsia from Zimbabwe
5. New distribution records of Amblyomma hebraeum in the sandveld region of Botswana